Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'Ow did it 'appen then ? ’ |
| 2 | Whereabouts did you go yesterday ? |
| 3 | A few birds with long beaks were poking around by the water : how come they stay so clean when they 're always delving in the mud ? |
| 4 | If this is the case , how come they go on so blooming long ! |
| 5 | " Then how come they do n't make anything for themselves out of all this hard labor ? " inquired the senator politely . |
| 6 | How come they do n't go ? |
| 7 | If she was at a rave , how come we have n't had anything from the patrol cars about it ? ’ |
| 8 | Oi how come I 've still got mine ? |
| 9 | How come I feel so well when the cancer is so widespread ? |
| 10 | ‘ How come I did n't get prior warning of a major development in our relationship ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So how come you know so much about journalism ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ How come you know how to drive these fucking things ? ’ |
| 13 | How come you talk so much bollocks ? |
| 14 | How come you talk so much bollocks ? |
| 15 | ‘ Some people ask me about solos : ‘ How come you do n't play solos ? ’ or whatever . |
| 16 | How come you do n't fire him ? |
| 17 | ‘ You 've never had any trouble attracting the opposite sex , so how come you do n't have anyone in tow now ? ’ |
| 18 | if a hu if a hundred and ninety six is only your base how come you do n't |
| 19 | Oh Nick , how come you do n't have any cake ? . |
| 20 | As you seem to know about knights , how come you have n't heard about chivalry ? |
| 21 | ‘ So I 'm asking you , how come you did n't get spiked when you went down there after him ? ’ |
| 22 | because I was n't I said how come it ends up being that and they said you just carry . |
| 23 | And if she did n't rush , how come she fell so heavily as to make that sort of wound ? |
| 24 | My Mum was the only white person who lived in the whole house , a point not unnoticed by me since I often asked her how come she lived there with us when everyone else was black … |
| 25 | Right that you know how to spell you know how to spell kit like a football kit or your gym kit . |
| 26 | Apart from that , how d' ya get on with Julie ? |
| 27 | How d' ya get on today then ? |
| 28 | How d' ya get on at nursery ? |
| 29 | How d' ya get on at the dentist ? |
| 30 | How do we breach what you do and how d' ya get there . |